THE Canal & River Trust, working in partnership with Staffordshire County Council, Cannock Chase District Council, Lichfield District Council and Brereton and Ravenhill Parish Council,
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Repairs to Hurleston Lock on Llangollen Canal
THE Canal & River Trust is undertaking major repairs to Lock 4 on the historic Hurleston Lock Flight on the Llangollen Canal in Cheshire. The
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Waverley moves to Greenock for new boiler fitting
PS Waverley left her berth at Glasgow Science Centre on Tuesday 14 January, towed by Clyde Marine tugs, Battler and Biter, to make a four-hour
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RCR onsite courses to end
RIVER Canal Rescue has announced it will no longer be running its boat engine & maintenance and electrics courses after January. Anyone booked onto its
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Get the latest laundrette list
THE Aylesbury Canal Society Laundrette List 2020 Edition is now available. Listed alphabetically are canalside towns and villages with laundrettes with directions from the canal and
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CRT embarks on winter tree and hedge management programme
THIS winter the Canal & River Trust is carrying out three quarters of a million pounds of work to tackle overhanging trees and hedges. The
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Work set to start at Toddbrook Reservoir
THE Canal & River Trust will today (Monday, January 6) begin the first steps in the restoration of Toddbrook Reservoir with the start of a
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Results of first waterway experience survey
THE Canal & River Trust has shared the headline results of its new Waterway Experience survey, which is distributed in fortnightly waves between April and
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Arts Council grant to Ellesmere Port museum
THE National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port was among 28 successful collections to be awarded Designation Development funding supported by the National Lottery. It will
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Preserving canal memories
As the old year ends and a new one begins, Helen Gazeley looks at two projects aimed at preserving people’s canal memories. DARK evenings, inclement
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Fears over water supplies as Toddbrook repairs take place
MAINTAINING water supplies for boating on the Peak Forest Canal looks set to become a challenge over the next few years in the wake of
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Canal’s industrial past to help deliver railway for the future
THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal will be brought back into industrial use next year when it’s used to transport goods to help replace a Victorian
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Call for new government to adopt flood management plans
WELCOMING the new Conservative government, ADA has reiterated its continued support in managing and maintaining the UK’s water systems and flood-risk defences. In return, it
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Winter work update from Canal & River Trust
THE Canal & River Trust is carrying out a £43.6 million programme of repairs on waterways across England & Wales this winter. Ahead of Christmas,
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